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oil-paint poster

English translation: hand-painted poster

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English term or phrase:oil-paint poster
Selected answer:hand-painted poster
Entered by: Jenni Lukac (X)

16:00 Jun 30, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
English term or phrase: oil-paint poster
I stood up and walked over to the wall without either window or door which was almost completely covered by an oil-paint poster advertising SHEHNAZ SAEED IN 'MACBETH.'

Is it the oil-painted original which was later reproduced as a poster, or a copy printed in such a way that it looks like an oil painting?
allp
Poland
Local time: 23:53
hand-painted poster
Explanation:
Based on the country, I'd interpret this as a hand-painted poster and consider the "oil paint" as irrelevant if the subject isn't local poster techniques. In Spain one still sees hand-painted advertising on the walls of buildings. They are lovely. What no one told you about Pakistan, A hand painted movie poster ... -
pakistani.tumblr.com/.../a-hand-painted-movie-poster-of-fil... - En cachéA hand painted movie poster of film “Death Race” from Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan.
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Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 23:53
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Jenni
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4 +7hand-painted poster
Jenni Lukac (X)
5print of an oil painting / oil painting print
Lara Barnett
3 +1poster reproducing an oil painting
Nesrin


Discussion entries: 2





  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
poster reproducing an oil painting


Explanation:
These are oil-paint posters for sale from $19 - which I think indicates that they can't possibly be originals
http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/oil paint/posters

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:53
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  British Diana
7 mins
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
hand-painted poster


Explanation:
Based on the country, I'd interpret this as a hand-painted poster and consider the "oil paint" as irrelevant if the subject isn't local poster techniques. In Spain one still sees hand-painted advertising on the walls of buildings. They are lovely. What no one told you about Pakistan, A hand painted movie poster ... -
pakistani.tumblr.com/.../a-hand-painted-movie-poster-of-fil... - En cachéA hand painted movie poster of film “Death Race” from Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan.

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 23:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Jenni

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia: Yes, I think this is very likely. I've seen many such posters.
10 mins
  -> Thanks Shera Lyn. My favorites in Spain are for "Nitrato de Chile" - done on paper, walls, painted on glass, and interpreted in hand-painted tiles:http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrato
neutral  Nesrin: (More an agree than a neutral!) I'm familiar with these posters from Egypt as well, at least till the 1990s. I think it's likely that you're right, but I hesitate about the use of the word oil. I'll leave my answer there in case someone can tell us more
18 mins
  -> he wall without either window or door which was almost completely covered by an oil-paint poster advertising - doesn't sound like something that is sold via Internet for 19 USD.
agree  K Donnelly: This seems the most likely based on the size.
1 hr
  -> Thanks very much, K. Donnelly. I think the size is the tip off.
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
5 hrs
  -> Cheers and thanks, Tina.
agree  Phong Le
7 hrs
  -> Cheers and thanks, Phong.
agree  Jim Tucker (X): has to be
8 hrs
  -> Greetings and thanks, Jim.
agree  Michael Wetzel: They also still do this at at least one movie theater/cinema in Berlin. "Oil" may be significant as an indication of an exceptional artistic aspiration ("oil" = like Old Masters) or irrelevant ("oil" = oil-based house paint).
15 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, Michael. I agree with you.
agree  Thuy-PTT (X)
10 days
  -> Many thanks from Saragossa!
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
print of an oil painting / oil painting print


Explanation:
In UK we always say "print" when referring to a reproduction of an original on printed paper.

http://www.fineartprintsondemand.com/artists/gauguin/prints....

Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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